Iraq Gets U.S. To Seize $100 Million Kurdish Oil Cargo Off Texas

WochitJul. 29, 2014. 11:31 AM EST

Iraq scrambled to gain control of a cargo of Kurdish oil worth $100 million off the Texas coast o...
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Iraq scrambled to gain control of a cargo of Kurdish oil worth $100 million off the Texas coast on Tuesday after the U.S. ordered its seizure in a bid by Baghdad to halt oil sales by the autonomous region of Kurdistan. A U.S. judge overnight approved a request from Baghdad's lawyers on Monday that laid claim to the oil, saying the cargo of some 1 million barrels of crude from Iraqi Kurdistan was sold without its permission.
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